Shek O
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See also: she'kö
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Shek O
- A village in Southern district, Hong Kong.
- 2002, Jules Brown, Hong Kong & Macau, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 106:
- The bus drops you at the small bus station in Shek O village. Walk down the road to the roundabout and the beach is ahead of you, behind the car park.
- 2013, Simon Ostheimer, Hong Kong Tuttle Travel Pack: Your Guide to Hong Kong's Best Sights for Every Budget, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN:
- at winding the end of a peninsula and only accessible via a narrow, road, the little beachside village of Shek O is worlds away from the towers of Central.
- 2017, Rough Guides, The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia On A Budget, Penguin, →ISBN:
- In the far east of the island, Shek O is Hong Kong's most remote and exclusive settlement – house numbers on Shek O Road refer not to location but to when the owner became a member of the golf club and therefore allowed to build there.
- An area in Southern district, Hong Kong.
- 2006, “Hong Kong Beaches”, in The New York Times, Fodor's[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Travel[2]:
- Shek O, not far from Big Wave Bay, is almost Mediterranean in aspect. A wide beach with shops and restaurants nearby, it has refreshment kiosks, barbecue pits, lifeguards, swimming rafts, playgrounds, changing rooms, showers, and toilets.
- 2013 February 1, Farah Master, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Hong Kong for festive fun”, in Elaine Lies, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 28 January 2024, Lifestyle:
- If feeling a little tender in the morning and not up for a big climb, you can get a double decker bus to Stanley or opt for the flat walk, which snakes around the hills rather than going up and down. Dragon's Back hike in Shek O is another great alternative and better for those travelling with children.
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area in Hong Kong
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